Branch History

Library opened in a rented facility at Oakwood Avenue and Vaughan Road, 9 September.

1948

York Township Council approves building a main library building and two branches.

1949

Tenders called (summer) and building started, September.

1951

Main Library opened at current location, 29 January, officially opened on 21 March. The storey-and-a-half, red-brick building included York Township Public Library administrative and technical services offices, book storage space and a bookmobile garage. Architect Albert Vine.

1962

Land acquired for an addition.

1964

Two-storey addition with basement opened, May.

1967

Becomes part of the York Public Library Board, when the Town of Weston and the Township of York are amalgamated as the Borough of York, 1 January.

1971

Hours of service extended with the branch opening on Wednesdays and Sunday afternoons, October to April; Sunday openings discontinued in 1976.

1978

Renovation.

1981

Hours reduced with Monday closings.

1993

A new main library facility (and a new branch library) to serve the southeast quadrant of York is recommended in a feasibility study by the Randolph Group.